Satellites

Finding Out:

Read about weightlessness on pages 103 to 105. View a video about weightlessness Read section 4-3 Sending Up Satellites. Tour the International Space Station and read about it’s

purpose. Read about the astronauts and supplies get from the earth to

the space station and back to earth.

Create:

Build a presentation that clearly illustrates or answers the following: Include pictures whenever possible.

How and why do astronauts exercise in space? What is Weightlessness? Isaac Newton thought we could put objects into orbit. How?

List at least 3 things that satellites are used foro Include a picture of each type of satelliteo Include an explanationo Why is each type important to us?

The Space Shuttle and International Space Station: o How many people live on the space station?o How long do they stay?o What do they do while on the station?o How big is space station?o How long has this project been under way.o After perusing Nasa’s website, what is the most interesting thing that you have learned?

Links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQbAwE83phk http://www.howstuffworks.com/weightlessness.htm https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.htmlhttps://www.nasa.gov/launchschedule/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/update/index.html

Making the Grade:

Depth of Content; Weightlessness 5 5Depth of Content; Satellites 5 5Depth of Content; ISS and Shuttle 5 5Quality of illustrations 5 5Creativity 5 5